At least one city that had its arrangement to sell off federal stimulus funds nixed by MTA officials earlier this week has struck a deal to trade the money for an equal amount in Measure R funds.

Cities had until Friday to notify the Metropolitan Transportation Authority what they planned to do with their allocations of federal stimulus money intended for local transportation projects.

But MTA spokesman Rick Jager said a final list of cities able to make swaps of stimulus funds for Measure R money was not available Friday.

“We’re giving (cities) until the close of business today and by Monday we should have a better idea,” he said.

Bradbury officials said Friday they have arranged to swap their $500,000 in federal stimulus funding with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works for $500,000 in funding under Measure R, the county half-cent sales tax hike approved by voters in November to fund transportation projects.

Previously, the city of about 1,000 had reached an agreement to swap its stimulus funds with Torrance for $315,000 in cash, with that money then going into Bradbury’s general funds. Irwindale, La Habra Heights and Rolling Hills also had, with permission from MTA staff, reached similar deals.

But on Tuesday the MTA’s board reversed course and nixed such deals, forcing the cities to either find ways to use their funds for local transportation projects or swap them, dollar-for-dollar, for Measure R funds.

The MTA plans to dole out $215 million to the 88 cities in the county for use on local transportation projects. All the cities qualify to receive a minimum of $500,000 in stimulus funding for transportation.

While stimulus-related transportation projects are required to be “shovel ready,” meaning the work can begin immediately, Measure R funds won’t be doled out by the MTA until next year, giving local officials more time to plan projects.

The MTA plans to take back and reallocate stimulus funding from cities that cannot find ways to swap for Measure R money or identify shovel-ready projects.

Bradbury City Manager Michelle Keith said the Measure R funds the city would receive from the county would be used for a street improvement project of Mount Olive Drive.

“We intended on even using the (general fund) money from the other swap for a street improvement project,” Keith said. “Because of the size of the city, it’s hard for us to qualify under federal guidelines.”

Irwindale officials indicated on Wednesday that they would try to pool that city’s stimulus funds with Baldwin Park for a joint street improvement project.

MTA officials declined a request by at least one city to extend Friday’s deadline, MTA spokesman Marc Littman said.